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V.DICKERSON.

GAME. PPLlcATloN F'ILED 0m31.191s.

373,3 1 2, v Patented Mar. 29, 1921. A

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j VALENTINE Dickenson, or sTArLEToN, 'NEW YORK. j

GAME.

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V;Applicationfled-December 31, 1919. Serial No. 348,575. i I

To all 'whom it may concern.' n y Be it known that I, VALENTINE DICKER-lsoN, a citizen oaf the United States, land a resident of Stapleton,Staten Island, in the cofunty of Richmond and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Game, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of device in which pellets ofdesired construction are utilized in connection with what might betermed a maze, a central inclosure being associated with such maze, intowhich the pellets are to be guided by tilting the supporting means forthe maze, but without the assistance of the hands in direct contact withthe pellets.

It is well known that any number of devices having this construction inmind have been patented and placed upon the market, the best known ofwhich devices being commonly known as Pigs in clover.

invention now aims to produce a device having in mind this constructionas a basis.

I propose to associate in this connection pellets of peculiarconstruction, which shall be unique in this particular adaption in thatthey produce motion when placed upon their surface and are of a highlyludicrous nature.

A further and chief object of my invention is the construction of a mazewhich shall render it extremely difficult to cause all of the partsemployed to move into the central inclosure.

Having these objects in mind reference is had to the attached sheet ofdrawings in which: l l

Figure l is a perspective view of the maze forming the main portion ofthe game, and,

Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of one of the pellets employed inconnection with the maze.

In all of these views like reference numerals designate similar parts,and the reference numeral l indicates a base which may be of any desiredconstruction or material, and upon the upper face and adjacent andparallel the side edges of the same there is mounted a strip 2,comprising a confining wall.

Spaced from the strip 2 and arranged adjacent the corners formed by thesame are corner walls 3, having their ends spaced one from the other, soas to provide openings 4 for d a `purpose hereinafter fmore vfullyspeci- JWithin the space inclosed by the corner f strips ,3 yand Aspacedfromrand adjacent the openings tare strips such as 5, one of which isprovided with inwardly extending strips having their outer endsassociated with the edges of the strip 5', and their inner endsterminating at a position short of the point of their intersection, soas to provide a small lspace between their inner edges.

Arranged upon the base 1, and within the space inclosed by the strip 2are parts including an incasing member 6, in which there is movablyinclosed'a weight 7 on the order of a BB shot.

It will now be noted that by virtue of my improved construction of theinclosing members and the parts associated with the base forming the-floor of the inclosure, extreme difficulty will be experienced incausing the pellets to move extraneous of any hand guidance into theinclosure formed by the strip 5 with which the inwardly extending stripsare associated. This difliculty may well be appreciated upon noting thata pellet entering through the opening 4 between the corner strips 3 isconfronted with the obstacle of the strips 5. The pellet must now beworked vbetween these latter strips, and upon passing between them mustenter into the inclosure formed by the strips 5, and inwardly. extendingstrips 5. Even upon one or two pellets entering into this inclosure itis extremely difficult to cause a third pellet to move into the same byvirtue of the fact that upon the base 1 being tilted in a certaindirection the pellets already within the inclosure will be caused tomove from the same. f A

Further, by virtue of the peculiar` con A struction of the pellets thesame will be caused to perform any number of amusing antics uponreaching the inclosure aforedescribed, so that a great amount of mirthis provided and amusement afforded to the person operatingthe game aswell as to onlockers.

Obviously numerous modications of structure might well be resorted towithin the scope of my invention, which I claim as:

1. A ame, including a base, corner walls mounte upon said base andhaving their end edges spaced one from the other, whereby to provide aplurality of openings, strips also secured to said base, and beingarranged within the space inclosed by said corner strips, and in aposition at which they are in line with and spaced from the openingsexistent between said corner strips, means attached to one of saidlatter strips for forming an inclosure, said base being adapted toreceive a movable means adapted to be embodied within said inclosure byrocking said base.

2. A game, including a base, corner walls mounted upon said base andhaving their end edges spaced one from the other, whereby to provide aplurality of openings, strips a also secured to said base, and beingarranged,

within thespace `inclosedI by said corner strips, and in a positionatwhich they are in line with and spaced from the openings eX- istentbetween said corner strips, inwardly extending strips having oneoily-their ends attached to oneof the rst named strips, their oppositeends being spaced from each other, whereby to form an inclosure, saidbase being adapted to receive movable means to be moved into saidinclosure by rocking said base.

` VALENTINE DICKJJRSON`

